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Wednesday Night: Free Movie and The First Haitian Benefit Concert
Two things are on the docket for tonight: a free movie and the first of the Haitian Benefit Concerts at City Winery. First the movie, Punking Out, which is being shown at 92Y Tribeca. Here’s what...
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Music Video: Mink Deville – Mixed Up Shook Up Girl
Mink Deville was one the the bands playing CBGBs in the mid 1970s. Hardly what you would call punk, Mink Deville blended soul, R&B, rock, and blues. This live video is from a performance of the...
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News and Notes: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Books The Baseball Project and...
Here’s an unlikely music venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. But according to Steve Wynn, The Baseball Project will be playing there on April 13th. The Minus Five Facebook page explains that gig...
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News and Notes
Is happy hour the new late night? It used to be that big names would show up to a small club in the wee hours. But lately, it seems that is happening in the late afternoon/early evening. Two months...
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Music Video: Willie Deville – Could You Would You
Mink DeVille was one the the bands playing CBGBs in the mid 1970s. Hardly what you would call punk, Mink DeVille blended soul, R&B, rock, and blues. The lead singer was Willy DeVille. After...
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Music Video: Syd Straw – CBGB’s
I was playing a Lydia Loveless song when my daughter said the song reminded her of that Syd Straw song I used to play many years ago. The name of that song is CBGB’s. It’s about love, loss and...
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David Bowie 1947-2016
It was a shock to wake up this morning and learn that David Bowie had died yesterday at the age of 69. He burst into my consciousness back in 1972 and it seems like he never left. The New York Times...
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